Orbán: There Will Be Peace in Ukraine When the U.S. Wants It
We have long noted that Ukraine is completely outmatched by Russian firepower and is only alive today thanks to the billions in “lethal weapons” delivered to Ukraine by the U.S. and NATO
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Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister, called for peace negotiations in Ukraine following the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, that resulted in Kyiv being locked out of the alliance and zero talk of peace negotiations.
Orbán, who is commonly written off in the Western propaganda media as a Putin puppet because he seeks peace, called for an immediate ceasefire and said “peace negotiations should start as soon as possible.”
He correctly stated that NATO’s objective is to protect member states. There is nothing in the charter that calls for military actions on the territory of other countries, he said.
“Peace will reign in the morning if the Americans want it. And why the Americans don’t want it, that’s the question the whole world is thinking about,” Orbán said. “Ukraine has actually lost its sovereignty—it has no money, no military industry, no military production capacity of its own. Ukraine gets money mainly from the USA, military resources also from the Americans and the West.”
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He said if Washington wanted peace, it would happen by the “next morning.”
TRENDPOST: The Trends Journal has reported extensively on how Orbán has been a sober assessor of the conditions on the ground in Ukraine and has said there is no chance that Ukraine emerges victorious in the conflict.
In May, Orbán said there was no chance that Ukraine could defeat Russia.
“Looking at the reality, looking at the figures, looking at the surroundings, looking at the fact that NATO is not ready to send troops, it’s obvious that there is no victory for poor Ukrainians on the battlefield,” he told Bloomberg.
Orban was attending the Qatar Economic Forum and said, “Emotionally it’s tragic, all of our hearts are with the Ukrainians,” but said his goal as a politician is to save lives and “there’s no chance to win this war.”
He has also said that the Ukraine War would come to a swift end if the U.S. simply stopped underwriting Kyiv’s economy and war effort.
“Ukraine is a non-existent country in financial terms,” he said. “The fall in economic indicators is huge, which is completely understandable…. Obviously, Ukraine cannot finance itself. The question is whether we support Ukraine.”
Orban said the war in Ukraine will go on until Russia and the U.S. agree to terms.
“As a European, I am not happy with that, but it is the only way out,” he said.